The Make Company

Get creative these holidays: drop-in crafts from 10am – 2pm, Monday – Friday from $3. At 232d Main South Road, Hornby, phone 03-348-6187. www.themakecompany.co.nz www.makeevents.co.nz

The Plains Railway

Pioneer Village museum buildings, steam trains, vintage tractors, relics of Mid-Canterbury’s pioneering past on display. Maronan Road, Tinwald, Ashburton. Visit www.plainsrailway.co.nz, phone 03-308-9600 for open days.

Banana choc-nut cookies

banana choc-nut cookies

These banana choc- nut cookies are a great thing to make with the kids because you can talk to them about the science involved in the rising process, which is a little different to other cookies.  In this recipe, the baking soda reacts with the acid in the bananas to make the cookies rise – […]